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| 1 | Title: Highlander Research and Education Center Records (Part 1), 1917-1978 Creator: Highlander Research and Education Center Abstract: Records of an adult education center and its predecessor, the Highlander Folk School, documenting its labor, civil rights, and Appalachian poverty programs and workshops and the harassment of the Highlander by government agencies. Files include correspondence, minutes, annual reports, financial records, workshop materials, legal papers, play scripts, song books, clippings, speeches, writings, publications, and tape recordings. Intended as a workers' education school and community center, the Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 near Monteagle, Tennessee, by Myles Horton and Don West. During the 1930s and 1940s Highlander organized workshops sponsored by the CIO and individual labor unions, and worked closely with the National Farmers Union and the United Packinghouse Workers of America. Following the withdrawal of CIO support in 1949 because of alleged communist influence at Highlander, the School became involved with the civil rights movement in the South. Highlander developed programs for training local black community leaders. Beginning in 1965, Highlander turned to contemporary problems of Appalachia, including poverty, strip mining, misuse of land and natural resources, ...... Keywords in Context | Outline View | Full Text (File size: 257K bytes) |
| 2 | Title: Highlander Research and Education Center Records (Part 2), 1917-1978 Creator: Highlander Research and Education Center Abstract: Records of an adult education center and its predecessor, the Highlander Folk School, documenting its labor, civil rights, and Appalachian poverty programs and workshops and the harassment of the Highlander by government agencies. Files include correspondence, minutes, annual reports, financial records, workshop materials, legal papers, play scripts, song books, clippings, speeches, writings, publications, and tape recordings. Intended as a workers' education school and community center, the Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 near Monteagle, Tennessee, by Myles Horton and Don West. During the 1930s and 1940s Highlander organized workshops sponsored by the CIO and individual labor unions, and worked closely with the National Farmers Union and the United Packinghouse Workers of America. Following the withdrawal of CIO support in 1949 because of alleged communist influence at Highlander, the School became involved with the civil rights movement in the South. Highlander developed programs for training local black community leaders. Beginning in 1965, Highlander turned to contemporary problems of Appalachia, including poverty, strip mining, misuse of land and natural resources, ...... Keywords in Context | Outline View | Full Text (File size: 341K bytes) |
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